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My suet cakes are held in the coated metal cages that you can buy at =
various places. Because the suet is so close to the window of the house, =
crows have not been a problem. The suet is frequented by wrens, =
chckadees and nuthatches many times a day. There are crows in the =
backyard but they have not tried to attack the suet. I think they are =
too skittish to come that close to the large living room window, but it =
may be that they just don't know the suet is there.
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Dave Stiles
New Business Development
425-635-0709
ASIX, Inc.=20
visit our web site at www.asix.com

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From: ravenn at premier1.net[SMTP:ravenn at premier1.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 1:35 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Nuthatches and Hairy Woodpeckers

Hello all,

This morning I reaped the rewards of having suet feeders in my backyard. =
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There was a flurry of activity and small gray bodies flitting in and=20
out. Two adult Red-breasted Nuthatches were flying back and forth from=20
my suet to their two young ones. The young moved in and among the=20
branches of the trees behind my feeders, stopping every once and awhile=20
to flutter their wings and beg. As I watched this, two much larger=20
birds appeared on the scene. An adult male Hairy Woodpecker with his=20
red patch on the back of his head claimed the suet and broke off a=20
chunk. He then took the chunk to a nearby tree to feed his young. This=20
was a young male with the red patch on the forward part of his head. =20

For the past three weeks I've been considering taking my suet down=20
because of a battle with Crows and Starlings. I'll keep working with my=20
upside down feeders and cages. Does anyone have anything that works?

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net



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